Automobile-body lock



W. E. HARMON.

AUTOMOBILE BODY LOCK.

APPLICATION FILED IuLY 1I, Isls.

Patented Dec. 7, 1920.

A l INVENTOR.

' WITNESS.-

@MQW/MW specification.

UNITEDV STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIS E. HARMON, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.V

. AUTOlllIOBIIlE-BODY LOGK.V y

Application lel July 11,

To aZZ whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, WILLIS E. HARMON, a citizen of the United States,residing at lVorcester, in thecounty of vWorcester and State ofMassachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Automobile-Body Locks, of which the following 1s a This invention relates to a lockadapted to control the horizontal movement of a truck or otherautomobile body so arranged that it becomes wedged to the chassis uponwhich it is placed when moved in the proper horizontal direction and isparticularly adapted to a body of the class shown in Letters Patent No.1293090, Feb. 4, 1919.

In the accompanying drawing like numbers refer to like parts:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a small truck body mounted upon` anautomobileA runabout.

Fig. 2 is a plan view showing my automobile body lock in position tohold the body locked to the chassis.

Fig. 3 shows a section view on the line A--A Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 shows all the parts of the auto-` mobile body lock partly insection on the line B-B.

Fig. 5 shows the winged head for turning rod #4..

N ow referring lto the drawings, in whichV the old parts are indicatedby letters and my invention by figures: J

Figs. 1-2 and 3 showV the usual small truck body mounted upon arunabout. The projecting bolts ct-a-aand a attached to the Hoor j',which is lmade fast to the chassis channel irons g-g, are arranged toenter the slotted wedge plates bb-b and b on the body and wedge it tothe chassis when said body is moved forward.

Lever #1, which is pivotally mounted on the under side of the {ioor f,by means'of bolt #2, has a projection #1, which passes through the slotin the floor f and is adapted to engage a cross piece ofthe truck body.A

'member #3 pivotally mounted on the lever #l is threaded to receive ascrew rod #4.'

A plate member #6, shown attached to the side of the chassis in Figs.1-2 and 3 and in detail in Fig., 4, forms a bearing plate for the wingedhead #7. This plate Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. '7, 1920.` 1919. serial No. 310,213. 'i

`turn the screw rod #4, as shown in detail in Figs. 4 and 5, has adepression or hole #1l drilled on one side adapted to receive theplunger V#10 when the `winged head is turned so the lunger can enter it.A slot #12 is cut in t e winged head #7, through the depression or holeso a wedge pointed key can pass under the plunger #10, -to raise it fromthe depression or hole and unlock it. The collar #5, adapted to hold thewinged head in place, is fastened by the rivet #14 which also holds thescrew rod #4 in the slot in the winged head #7.

In operation the body is placed on the chassis'with the lever #1inreleased position, the body is pushed forward until the bolts a---aand aenter ythe `clips b-b--b and b, the key is pushed into the winged head#7 Vwhich is turned to the right until the truck body is forced forwardand wedged to the chassis. When the depression or hole #11 is under theplunger #10, the key #8, is withdrawn, the plunger #10 enters thedepression or hole #11 and the y truck body is locked to the chassis.

Y To release the truck body, the key #8 is pushed into place and thewinged head #7 is turned to the left until the lever, #l

is in the released position as shown in' Fie'. 4,.the truck body can-then be pulled bac and removed. c

What I claim is: l. In combination with the usual means adapted to wedgea'body to an automobile chassis when said body is moved horizontally, ofa lever pivotally mounted on the l 2 o 1,361yo52 3. In combination withthe usual means ed to enter a depression or hole in the screw' adaptedto Wedge a body to any automobile member to hold all parts in 'lookedposiohassis when the body is movedv horizontion until released b Ua key.

tally, of a lever pivotally mounted upon the WI LIS E. HAR-MON. 5chassis adapted tovmove-,the-body'horizon-1 Witnesses: Y

tally, a screv;r member arranged Vto control JAMES W. Bumm@V themovement of the lever, a plunger' adapt- WALTER WV.l FIsKn.

